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BACKGROUND

Through a Charitable Trust that Bill Higgins of London & Aberdeen Group set up ten years ago, along with Smedvig Capital, they identified, designed and have been promoting the construction of a new covered pedestrian footbridge over the River Thames.

PLANNING & SUPPORT

In initially promoting this scheme,
full planning permission was sought from both the City of London and Southwark.
Full permission was granted for the scheme by the City of London, although this
consent has now expired. The London Borough of Southwark also resolved to
grant a corresponding application subject to a legal
agreement, although this was not completed.

The footbridge now features on the
City model in Guildhall and is a designated proposal site in the Southwark
UDP.

The footbridge is also in accordance
with the replacement London Plan which sets out that the
Mayor will work with strategic partners to provide new river crossings, and the
Southwark Core Strategy which seeks to encourage walking and improved links between
Southwark and north of the river.

It is acknowledged by the Government, Local Authorities in London, local
residents and the general public, that facilities to enhance walking along the
Thames, including new footbridges, are a priority.

The project has wide support at all
levels and from statutory and non-statutory bodies and local residents.

Cannon Footbridge will help with the
continued and successful re-generation of Southwark and act as the best and
most direct footbridge route between the City and London Bridge via the Borough
Market.

Studies have shown that the bridge will be used by over 5 million pedestrians a
year including workers, regular visitors and tourists.

It
would be the only covered footbridge over the River Thames and it
is intended that the bridge will be fully accessible with stairs,
escalators and lifts on both sides and will offer panoramic views over the
River Thames.

COST, INCOME AND TIMELINE

£400,000 has been spent to date in order to create this scheme and to move it forward to this stage.

The total estimated cost will be £18 million. Uniquely, it will generate circa £2 million per annum from internal information video screens and advertising, also enhancing the walk.

Proposed timeline: 11 months to build.

Sponsors/Government/Local Authority funding is now being sought.

LOCATION

It is on the site of an old public footbridge used in the 1800s, on the upstream side of Railtrack’s Cannon Street Railway Bridge, which currently runs between Cannon Street and London Bridge stations.

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IMAGES

Before

The existing Cannon Street Railway Bridge

After

CGI of the proposed Cannon Footbridge on the existing Cannon Street Railway Bridge

CGI of the proposed Cannon Footbridge with the existing Cannon Street station on the left (north) and London Bridge on the right (south)